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WOW, everyone at the Ville seems very educated! Well more props to you guys i only have a GED and went to whack city college for a semester. But sometimes i wonder what i would get if i did take it. All i know you get 200 points for your name. Is that true?

[Kazebari]

eh. I took an SAT Practice test (don't know if its dumbened for 12 year olds, or what) and skipping through some questions i ended up with a 1190.

So, thanks for all your advice ('specially hoaxie's) and I have another question: Should I start working on that community stuff (learning new languages, helping out at charities, playing in a regional band, job experience) now? Or should i wait until I have aged a bit and have more options available?

[Typh00n]

if you get atleast a 600 in both then you'll get into most schoosl, excpet like good ones lol

[Whatever]

Just so you know, I have a college degree in Chemical Engineering, but I do network administration for the state. Went to junior college for two years to save money, and then transferred to Texas A&M for the last 3. I had plenty of scholarships and ended up owing nothing with I got out, which is the way to go if you can do it. The only bad thing about junior college is that your grades won't transfer to the major university, so I only had a 3.1 GPA at A&M, while I had the 3.95 at junior college.

Anyway, on to what I wanted to say...LOL...

Just what I know, but it might depend on the state you are in, and where you want to go to college in the future.

Every college has its own admission standards. I would recommend reading up on the college you want to go to, and then plan on doing what they will like.

I took the ACT myself, being I am in Texas. I got a 32, and that got me into A&M, where I wanted to go. I had very few extracurricular activities, except for sports, and it didn't affect me. I know that in Texas, I believe the top 10% of each graduating high school class are automatically allowed into any public university. So, your test scores are not as important as other states.

Personal opinion time here, but experience is the most important item that employers look for. Education is good and all, but it won't get you that dream job usually.

I never cared for college, and I truly think I would have been better off without it...I could have had 5 years (how long I was in college to get my Chemical Engineering degree) of working experience, but in this world, you need that piece of paper that says you graduated from so-and-so college. It doesn't matter that you probably know mainly theory rather than practical stuff.

I just know I would take someone with experience doing a job over a college graduate without any experience...that is just me. Of course, I am probably jaded based on my own experiences...LOL...

Later all...
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[PondScm007]

bleh im doing alot of that college finding stuff now... still have yet to take the SAT's, for a month or two anyway... i got a 1280 in on the PSATs, but ive heard thats not quite SAT stuff on it...unfortunate for me though, i thought it was hella easy and was quite ...tired... taking it heh...
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